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House-Hasson Hardware making $2 million expansion to its West Virginia Warehouse

August 13, 2010

House-Hasson Hardware is making a $2 million expansion to its Prichard, W.V. warehouse, it announced in a press release.

The 100,000 square-foot addition will bring the West Virginia warehouse to 300,000 square feet. The plan includes adding new truck dock areas and improvements to the warehouse heating system. Construction is scheduled for completion in January 2011.

Don Hasson, House-Hasson Hardware president, said the company’s 2009 acquisition of distribution company Moore-Handley, Inc. and customer service are the principal reasons for the expansion.

“This is a direct result of the Moore-Handley acquisition, which has had the universally positive effect on our company that we had anticipated,” Hasson said in the release. “With this expansion the West Virginia warehouse will contain all the products available through our Knoxville warehouse, making deliveries even more convenient for our customers.”

Some 15 employees have been added in West Virginia since the Moore-Handley acquisition. House-Hasson absorbed the West Virginia facilities into its operations in 2009 when it purchased Persinger Supply, a home improvement products distribution company.

Riedel-Wilks Building Structures of Huntington, W.V. is the expansion project’s construction contractor. Easing construction is the similarity between the Knoxville and West Virginia House-Hasson warehouses, a beneficial coincidence that occurred 30 years ago, Hasson added.

“The original footprint of both warehouses is exactly the same,” Hasson said. “The building and warehouse consultant happened to build the same structure for us and for Persinger Supply in 1980. At that time they didn’t know us and we didn’t know them. It made it easier to incorporate that operation into ours because the structures were so similar.”

Scott Riedel, vice president of Riedel-Wilks, said the project will employ a “wide-bay” framing system to minimize interior columns, allowing for greater flexibility for racking layouts and overall space utilization. He said by completion some 30 employees will have worked on the expansion.

“We’re always excited to have growth in our area, especially in this economy,” said Riedel. “I’m grateful that House-Hasson Hardware chose us for the project. In our meetings with House-Hasson management it’s clear to see why the company is so successful and expanding in a down economy. Don Hasson and his management team are tremendous people and we look forward to providing them with a first class expansion.”

In its 104th year of operation, House-Hasson Hardware serves 17 states, the Caribbean basin, and several other foreign countries. The company is approaching $200 million in annual sales.